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NASA Administrator Bill Nelson isn't one to mince words, but in a recent interview, he used colorful language to describe his colleagues.
NASA

Head of NASA Says He Works With a “Bunch of Wizards”

Is he wrong?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A PhD student in India has proposed a "new model" of the universe that includes an "anti-universe" that flows backward in time.
Science & Energy

Our World May Be Connected to an Anti-Universe, Scientist Says

"We need a partner anti-universe whose time flow is oppositely related to our universe."

By Victor Tangermann

One of the OpenAI directors who ousted CEO Sam Altman is issuing some stark warnings about the future of unchecked artificial intelligence.
OpenAI

Former OpenAI Director Warns There Are Bad Things AI Can Do Besides Kill You

"There's a lot of other ways that AI could really take things in a bad direction."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tech company Sightful has fully doubled down on augmented reality glasses by releasing an unusual laptop that doesn't have a screen.
Virtual Reality

New Laptop Has No Screen, Just Augmented Reality Glasses

It's an ambitious design.

By Victor Tangermann

A video shows an overly confident driver attempting to show off his Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) capabilities, only to almost crash.
Self-Driving Vehicles

As Tesla Driver Boasts to Passenger How Awesome Full Self-Driving Is, Car Suddenly Swerves Into Oncoming Traffic

"You just need really good AI, really good intelligence."

By Victor Tangermann

It appears that someone has hacked the payment platform used to process tickets for the annual Gathering of the Juggalos festival.
Hacking

The Gathering of the Juggalos’ Payment Processer Appears to Have Been Hacked, Stealing Ticket Buyers’ Money

What's the opposite of "whoop whoop"?

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new paper finds that advanced AI language models are terrible at a specificproblem, calling current industry benchmarks into question.
Artificial Intelligence

This Simple Logic Question Stumps Even the Most Advanced AI

"The breakdown is dramatic."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A video making its rounds in China unmasks a hidden pipe feeding what is claimed to be the country's tallest, uninterrupted waterfall.
Science & Energy

Hiker Alarmed to Find Pipe Feeding China’s Tallest Waterfall

"The move does not respect the laws of nature nor the visitors."

By Victor Tangermann

A new study from Mayo Clinic shows that for folks with arrhythmia, sudden cardiac arrest and energy drinks often go hand-in-hand.
Energy

Study Finds That Cardiac Arrest Frequently Occurs After Consuming Energy Drink

Think twice before pounding that Monster.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

After promising they'd get free space flights, the billionaire behind the dearMoon space tour has completely let down his crew.
Moon

Billionaire Promised Crew Free Flights Around Moon, Then Dashed Their Dreams

"The cancellation of this mission was sudden, brief, and unexpected."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some scientific experts have been proposing refreezing the Arctic region via a series of drastic geoengineering projects.
Climate Change

Scientists Working on Desperate Plan to Refreeze Arctic

Desperate times.

By Sharon Adarlo

As China prepares to beef up its weight loss drug market, the Danish firm that makes Ozempic may soon have its dominance threatened.
RX and Medicine

China’s Creating Cheapo Versions of Ozempic That Could Majorly Shake Up the Market

This could greatly affect Novo Nordisk's bottom line.

By Noor Al-Sibai

After Google's AI Overviews was caught generating incorrect answers, Google has slashed AI-generated summaries from 84 to less than 15%.
Google

Google Has Drastically Slashed Its AI Results After Disastrously Embarrassing Launch

Ouch.

By Sharon Adarlo

To celebrate an April 20 Phish concert, a fan took what is being hailed as the historic, first bong rip at Las Vegas' Sphere.
Future Society

Phish Fan Takes Historic First Bong Rip at Vegas Sphere, Gets Permanently Banned

"I’m really wearing it as a badge of honor."

By Victor Tangermann

AI researcher Roman Yampolskiy predicted that there's a 99.9 percent chance AI could wipe out humanity within the next 100 years.
Artificial Intelligence

Researcher Estimates 99.9 Percent Chance AI Will Destroy Humankind

"The only way to win this game is not to play it."

By Victor Tangermann

In a new interview, a former OpenAI employee made a shocking admission about his ex-employer's plans for AGI.
OpenAI

Former OpenAI Employee Says Company Had Plan to Start AGI Bidding War With China and Russia

"That's pretty f**ked up."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A repeating radio signal from deep space has scientists puzzled, because they can't fully explain what's emitting it.
Off-World

Scientists Intrigued by Signal From Space Repeating Every Hour

"The fact that the signal is repeating at such a leisurely pace is extraordinary."

By Frank Landymore

Researchers warn that companies like OpenAI and Google could soon run out of human-written training data for their AI models.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Appears to Rapidly Be Approaching Brick Wall Where It Can’t Get Smarter

"There is a serious bottleneck here."

By Victor Tangermann

AI models are, apparently, getting better at lying on purpose -- and that might not be good news for us humans.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Systems Are Learning to Lie and Deceive, Scientists Find

"GPT- 4, for instance, exhibits deceptive behavior in simple test scenarios 99.16% of the time."

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Reuters report says that an AI tool used by the app NewsBreak has been publishing entirely made-up news articles.
Artificial Intelligence

Popular News App Caught Publishing Completely Untrue AI Articles

"You are doing HARM by publishing this misinformation."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré